My first ideas of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) arose with my Ph.D. in Edinburgh University in the early 1950s. Supervised by Alan Beatty, my research was based on his work on altering chromosomal complements in mouse embryos.
My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.
At the art college in Edinburgh someone arranged for some London groups to come up and play. I was in a supporting band, with Bernie Green I think. Derek Bailey was one of the visiting musicians. He seemed to like my playing and asked me to come down to London.
At 17 years old, STG took me under its wing and shared its resources and wisdom with me, even allowing me to take part in a show at the Edinburgh Festival. Without STG and the Ramshorn Theatre, I would not have found access to the world of drama that I later made my profession.
At the end of the 1980s as a complete surprise my old Edinburgh friend, Ed Southern offered me the Chair of Microbiology at the University of Oxford.
It's just an incredible place that I think they're going to love. (The Edinburgh castle) just dominates the skyline. . . . I think they're going to be amazed when they see this.
You're not wearing mink knickers,are you?
If we could just stop the tourism, we could stop the congestion.
Aren't most of you descended from pirates?
Do you still throw spears at each filmother?